So uncool, and so delightful. Walking into a party where there's barely a line, with a ticket that's free with RSVP, to dance for an hour until a band best-known in American for soundtracking an iPod commercial starts their show, the night is 100% set up to be a careless corporate showcase. So it's surreal when a truly well crafted DJ set and glamorous dance party start to have that bumping effect.
Organized by GBH and Alex English, the evening would be a hip pre-game experience even if no band were on the ticket. It's exhilaratingly cheap, accessible, and caters to those who dance as opposed to those who only watch. Despite that, it feels mysteriously exclusive, for those in the know who aren't intimidated by the crush around the open (for an hour) bar.
The Asteroids Galaxy Tour are based in Copenhagen and touring to follow up on the launch of their debut album, Fruit, released at the end of September by Small Giants. They spent this past summer opening for Katy Perry, and are about to jet back to Europe. With her mod dress sense, flip-fringed hair, and enormous presence, Mette Lindberg packs a lot more psychedelic punch than Perry. The room heated up to severely dance-hot temperatures fast.
We weren't sure if this issue was related to the Danish band that were headlining, but there was a higher-then-normal number of tall Vikings and fur-wearers in the audience. When Mette, Lars Iversen, and the six-piece group switched on, her mic was turned way down and the saxophone led the set; on the next song, her retro, bell-like voice was just about high enough to catch. TAGT are standard-bearers for electric soul still in its 60s packaging, tinged with some grime from a 21st-century high-school pool party.
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